Elton John is sticking to his retirement plans.
During a Thursday, June 27, interview with Entertainment Tonight, the “Rocket Man” singer, 77, firmly answered “no” when requested whether or not he plans to ever tour again.
John’s husband, David Furnish, chimed in to say that the pair need to focal point on their sons, Zachary, 13, and Elijah, 11.
“We’ve got our sons, you realize, they’re entering their teenage years now,” Furnish, 61, said. “We don’t need to leave out anything. We want to be present for that. It’s type of a key decade, I think, in a kid’s lifestyles. He’s been doing it for 60 years, so it’s great to have that point to spend at home with family.”
John added that he’s satisfied together with his closing hurrah being the general display of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road excursion, which happened in Stockholm in July 2023.
“The final display in Stockholm at the farewell tour after Glastonbury, I were given within the automotive and went, ‘Yes! Yes!’ We went out at the greatest high, just the way in which I sought after to, and there’s no going again [after] that,” he stated.
The Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour kicked off in 2018 and used to be initially supposed to end in 2021. However, the coronavirus pandemic and a hip harm that Elton sustained in 2021 driven the overall show again.
John’s remaining track in Stockholm was once, fittingly, “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.” He thanked the group for a “magical” finish to his traveling existence and reflected on his “wonderful” occupation.
“Fifty-two years of natural pleasure, enjoying music. How fortunate am I to play track? But I wouldn’t be sitting right here and speaking to you if it wasn’t for you. You bought the singles, the CDs, the albums, the cassettes. But more importantly, you purchased the tickets to the displays. And you understand how a lot I really like to play live. It’s been my lifeblood to play for you guys. You’ve been absolutely magnificent. Thank you,” he said.
The EGOT winner reiterated that he would “never be touring once more” however teased “one-off” performances one day.
“But that’s miles away. I want to appreciate my circle of relatives, my sons, my husband, the whole lot,” he said.
John and Furnish gushed about completing their circle of relatives after welcoming Elijah by means of surrogate in January 2013.
“Both people have longed to have children, however the fact that we have two sons is sort of fantastic,” the couple instructed Hello! mag on the time. “The delivery of our 2nd son completes our circle of relatives in a Most worthy and best way. It is hard to absolutely specific how we're feeling at this time; we are just overwhelmed with happiness and excitement.”
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John married Furnish in 2014 after same-sex marriage changed into felony within the United Kingdom. The pair started courting in 1993 and shaped a civil partnership in 2005. Furnish gave John a candy shout-out in honor of his 77th birthday in March.
“Happy Birthday to my irrepressible husband @eltonjohn. You are the most efficient father, hardest working artist and musician, bountiful humanitarian, loving spouse, and most loyal pal,” he wrote via Instagram. “Love you endlessly.”
John wrote in the feedback, “I really like you and am so extremely lucky to have you ever in my life, thank you for the entirety.”
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